To make life a little easier I prefer to use a food processor to make my dough but you can use your hand, especially if you want to exercise those fingers. I add my flour to the food processor together with my butter, give it a quick pulse until it resembles breadcrumbs. The next step is to add the cheese, another pulse and add some soda water or chilled water from the fridge. When I say Quick and Easy Quiche Pastry, I really mean that. It was such a pleasure making the pastry, even for a lazy cook like myself. You can refrigerate the pastry for half an hour before rolling it out but I prefer to roll it out first, place it in my quiche/tart tin and then refrigerate for half an hour. It is then blind baked. Blind baking a pastry is one way to ensure the pastry is baked all the way through and you don’t end up with a soggy “bottom”. The pastry is also pricked with a fork before baking as this allows the steam to escape and the prevents the pastry from puffing up in the oven. Pastry making can be rather intimidating and for a long time I preferred store-bought pastry, just to eliminate the stress of making a good pastry. I must say that over the years and with all the time I’ve been spending in the kitchen I’m really open to trying new things, intimidating or not. The only way to become a better cook is to experiment, sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. My family have learnt to accept my bad dishes and politely say “it’s ok” and pull a funny face as I look away…but I don’t get upset anymore, I’m past that, comes with age….hahaha! This pastry is so good that I used it to make cheese straws with my 10 year old, just added a little extra cheese and they tasted amazing. Will post some pictures shortly. Please do try my Quick and Easy Quiche Pastry and if you don’t mind drop me a note to let me know if it was as good as I think it is. If you loved this, please share!
